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E. G. BACON.

WINCH ENGINE.

No. 333,496. v Patented Jan. 5, 1886.

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E. G. BACON.

WINCH ENGINE.

No. 333,496. Patented Jan. 5, 1886.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EARLE o. BACON, or NEW YORK, N. Y., Assieuoa T0 COPELAND a BACON,

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WINCH-ENGINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,496, dated January 5, 1886.

Application filed May 20, 1885. Serial No. 166,193. (Xoin del) To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EARLE O. BACON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Winch-Engine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

The object of my invent-ion is to provide a new and improved winch-engine, which is so constructed that any desired number of windlasses, each carrying a hoisting-rope, can be set in motion bya train of gear-wheels, which derive their motion from a steam-engine by suitable connections, and said windlasses can each be thrown separately in and out of gear and held at any point with a suspended load without interfering with the movements of the other windlasses.

The invention consists of one or more steamengines rotating a shaft which actuates a train of gear-wheels, of any desired number of windlasses, each secured to a shaft and provided with a clutch and lever to throw the Windlass in or out of gear with the train of gear-wheels, and of ratchet-teeth and pawls which prevent the Windlass from unwinding when the windlass is thrown out of gear.

The invention also consists of various parts and details, hereinafter more fully set forth and described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved winch-engine, showing a trunk-engine as the motive power. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the same on the lines 00 x of Fig. 1.

On a suitably constructed frame, A, are mounted the steam-engines B B, driving the main shaft 0, on which is fastened the beveled pinion D, which rotates the beveled gear-wheel E, secured to the shaft F. The shaft F is mounted in suitable hearings on the frame A, and carries on its outer end the beveled pinion G, which meshes with the beveled gearwheel H, fastened to the spur-wheel I, which is placed loosely on the vertical shaft J. The vertical shaft J is mounted on the upright frame A and the bed-plate A which is secured to the main frame A and the upright P are engaged with the ratchet teeth Q,

formed on an annular projection, Q, on the top plate, A of the upright frame A. The

spur-wheel I is in gear with a train of gearwheels, of which each gear-wheel I is placed loosely on a shaft, J, similar to the shaft J, and each shaft J is provided witha clutch, K, and lever N, by which the clutches K can be thrown in or out of gear with theirrespective spur-wheels in the train of gear-wheels. Each shaft J 2 is also provided with a Windlass, O, to which are pivoted pawls P, engaging ratchet-teeth Q, formed on the annular projections Q on the top plate, A of the frame A, as before stated.

The operation is as follows: The train of gear-wheels is set in motion by the spur-wheel I,which derives motion from the beveled gearwheel H and pinion- G, attached to the shaft F, which is rotated by means of the beveled-gear wheel Eand pinion D,fastened to the main shaft O,which is driven by the steam-engines B B. If a friction-clutch K is thrown in gear with its respective gear-wheel of the train of gearwheels, its shaft J is rotated, and consequently the Windlass 0 attached to such shaft J, and if the friction-clutch K is thrown out of gear with its respective gear-wheel its shaft will cease rotating, and the pawls P, .engagingthe ratchet-teeth Q, will lock the Windlass O and prevent the hoisting-rope from unwinding.

The upright frame A can be divided in as many sections as desired, and as many sections can be joined together as are required for the special work to be accomplished.

. Patent, is-

1. In a winch-engine, a train of gear-wheels mounted on separate shafts and adapted to be driven from the engine, in combination with a series of windlasses mounted on said shafts, and a separate clutch mechanism for each shaft, whereby said wiudlasses may be operated separately or simultaneously, substantially as set forth.

2. In a winch-engine, a train of gear-wheels mounted loosely on separate shafts and adapted to be driven from the engine, in combination with a series of windlasses mounted on said shafts and provided with a series of pivoted pawls engaging ratchet-teeth,and separate clutch mechanisms constructed to connect said gears with the shafts for separate or simultaneous action, substantially as set forth.

3. In a winch-engine, a train of gear-wheels mounted loosely on separate shafts and adapted to be driven from the engine, in combination with a series of windlass'es mounted on said shafts, and a separate friction-clutch for each gear-wheel, substantially as set forth.

4. In a winch-engine, the frame A, divided into sections joined together, each section being provided with a train of gear'wheels, of 25 

